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Welcome to Tech News Briefing.

It's Tuesday, January 27th.

I'm Katie Dayton for The Wall Street Journal.

Today, after a long run as a Wall Street darling, software stocks are no longer flying as high as they once were.

And unsurprisingly, AI has a lot to do with it.

We find out what the future holds for the likes of Salesforce and ServiceNow.

Then, prediction market companies like Kalshi and Polymarket are using a legal loophole to allow wagering on sports outcomes everywhere, which has them going toe-to-toe with more traditional sports betting platforms.

We'll be taking a look at what this very modern heated rivalry means for the future of gambling.

But first, when artificial intelligence emerged as a force to alter the way business is done, many thought software companies would be some of the biggest beneficiaries of the tech.